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V TAILORS MEASURE. N0. 559,045. Patented Apr. 28,: 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ SCHINDLER, OF IIABELSOHVVERDT, GERMANY,

TAILO RS M EASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,045,,dated April28, 1896.

Application filed October 17, 1895. Serial No. 566,021. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, FRANZ ScHINnLEn, morchant, residing atHabelschwerdt, in the Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, GermanEmpire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forTaking Measurements of the Human Body for Patterns for Garments, ofwhich the followingis a specification.

The subject of this invention is an apparatus for taking measurements ofthe human body, and at the same time fixing the measurements requiredfor cutting patterns of garments.

The main features of this invention comprise an apparatus made ofseparate elements or members, which are placed upon those parts of thebody from which the measurements are to be taken.

All the parts of the apparatus are arranged in such a manner that theyare adjustable and fixable, so that all that is necessary is to lay theapparatus, after it has been taken away from the body, upon a surface ofpaper or cloth, to which the points and measurements taken from the bodycan then at once be transferred. WVhile hitherto it has been left to thejudgment of the cutter to shape the cutting according to themeasurements taken with a tape-measure, apparatus accord ing to thisinvention not only enables the measurements to be fixed by figures, butalso in their proper places, so that the out of the garment must underall circumstances be correct and sure.

In all systems of measuring the measurement of the half upper widthforms the base. After this measurement has been determined a point isalways fixed which is oneseventh of the half upper width distant fromthe point of the uppermost cervical vertebra. This is the point wherethe seam between the collar and the back part is to lie. Upon thecorrect position of this point the correct fit of the article ofclothing depends.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows the apparatus applied to abody, and Fig. 2 to a paper or cloth surface.

a denotes a tape-measure, which serves as a base-line for thisapparatus. This tape a is placed upon that part of the body where themeasurement for the lower Width is to be taken. At a right angle to thisbase-line a part b is fittedhorizontally movable on same, and alsovertically adjustable in a tube and bearing at its upper portion aturnable bent part c. This turnable part c, which forms a right anglewith the part 19, passes under the armpit with its vertical side. Thehorizontal side of this bent part is adjustable in a tube and may beshortened or lengthened, as required. When this side part is placedagainst the upper arm of the body, this fixes the thickness of the armon the width of the armhole.

The correct working of the whole apparatus depends upon the correctposition of the part b with regardto the line of base. For this reasonthe part b is provided with an anglebar 2', which is laid against thebase-line a, so that the part b may form exactly a right angle with thebase-line a. The above-mentioned bent part 0 serves for fixing all themeasurements which are necessary for forming the sleeve-hole-namely, theprojection of the armhole, the depth of the armhole, and the point ofthe side scam in the circumference of the armhole. Above the part 0there is, furthermore, joined to part b a curved bar (1, which ishorizontally adjustable. This bar 01 carries two adjustable bars e and ffor fixing exactly the middle h of the neck circumference and the point9 in the neck circum-. ferenoe for the shoulder-seam. In conjunctionwith these two measurements the beforementioned one seventh of the halfupper width exactly determines the form of the neckhole. Part e isvertically and horizontally adjustable on bar d and part fvertically.The curved bar d, as well as the parts carried by it for determining theneck measurements, are flexible and are adjusted in such a man ner thatthe points of these two members e and factually touch points 9 and hbefore mentioned, so that thereby an exact idea is produced of thecarriage of the body. (See Fig. 1.) If a person carries himself stoopingforward, the two points 9 and It will be in a lower position, whereas inthe opposite case, if a person carries himself upright, these top partswill become correspondingly longer and the points be in a higherposition. By the apparatus the points required for the halfcircumferenceare securely fixed.

When the apparatus is exactly adjusted, it is taken off and by turningthe part c all the points fixed are brought into one plane. Theapparatus is laid upon the paper or cloth surface so that part 1?, banda, and terminal points g and h of the two bars 6 and f are lying fiatupon the surface. After this the measurements for the armhole and forthe neck circumference may, Without more ado, be transferred onto thesurface. (See Fig. 2.)

The apparatus shown in the drawings may be provided with other parts toserve for fixing the other measurements required for the width of theback and length of the waist, as will be understood.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A measuring apparatus for tailors comprising a tape-measure serving as abase-line, a part b fitted horizontally movable on said tape-measure andvertically adjustable in a tube, and arranged at a right angle to thebase-line, said part 13 carrying at the height of the armhole a turnablepart 0, both parts forming a right angle a horizontally-adjustablecurved bar d, joined to part b and carryin g flexible vertically-adjustable bars e and f for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANZ SOIIINDLER. lVitnesses:

EWALD BounM, ERNST KATZ.

